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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-04
RETRIBUTION.

The shades Of night were falling fast,
Mheh through our sinctum sanctum passed
a youth half clad in snow md icc.
VINO scorned the placard's bold DEVICE
SHUT THE DOOR
The pressman in the cellar dim
AT midnight dark discovered him.
our chief, the elevator shaft
Himself had opened to the dmugh,
Nor needed there the legend TRIM
SMUT THE DooR
There In the gloom all cold and gray,
Liielcss, but beautiful, he lay;
While fur above the legend shonc,
Close by the sanctum telephone
Shut the doorl
Macon Telegraph.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-04

WA.nNDIoS, Dec. 9. The superintcnd-
cnt ri foreign mails has information that
the Republic Of Colombia has quarnntined
nll vessels departing from the ports Of
Chill since October 81 last, on information
that cholera prevails in that country.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-04

From DE Cincinnati Iiinu Star.
Dr. Rosenberg, alias jacobson, now Ian.
gushing in prison for working the chock
racket, Is rcpuicd TO be- a man of cduca-
ton. The following letter from him would
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-22
MIDSUMMER MADNESS.

Dxing hither. bring hither ny rcd bend-box;
Bring hither my band-box greea,
AAAmy band-box brown from London town
And my box of silvern sheen.
-cADd It's oh for my trunk Of leather tough,
And my trunk Of oakfibbed zinc;
Ard my trunk 50 tough, OF canvas stun.
That viii bulge, but will not shrink.
-oA, pile them high with the robes Iweae,
TQl their lids they overflow;
~ lord he win stare. and exc he win swear.
0u in they will have TO CO."
-oh waly, wsly, my ladye fair.
Now whittier will ye neei"
10 Mount Saint Bushalof- Word-AncaiR
On Conylle-by-the-seA"
They have seizen her boxes one AMI Al.
In the Tavern LATTE de Kidd;
Ard loudly for help the porters cali,
A they stack them up in entry and hall.
And pile them high against bulkhead and wall,
But wherever they stow them. great and small,
Far out of her reach they are slid
Her room is cell fathom long.
Her bed is o thing Of fears;
Where all night long the noiseless song
OF the wingless bird she hears.
And her lord he lies in q hallway lone.
On sleep destroying cot,
where she hears him groan In . wrathful
It's "HushD "Irs-"Cshi HushD-
sshotr'
and all this time in their home in town,
A mansion Of cool gray stone,
There are peaceful gloOms in seventeen rooms,
Who're the burglar sleeps alone.
r.. Bmrdette. in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-22
Peter Cooper's Locomotive.

The marvellous growth of the railroad
interests of the country is illustrated
by the fact that old men are still living
who took the first ride with Peter
Cooper in the first steam locomotive in
America. The locomotive was simply
an old stationary engine, about the
size of barrel. mounted on truck, and
connected with tho wheels by crank.
1t pulled an old-fashiOned coach, load
ed with ~ passengers. IS miles in 81
minutes. On the return trip It raced
with two fast horses. The contest was
nip and tuck. when the band slipped of
the fy-wheel. Peter Cooper. the en-
gineer. in attempting to replace it. lac
Grated his hand. The horses won the
race. The first engine Of really service
able qualities was manufactured at
York. Pa. by Phineas Davis, it made
one milo in three minutes, drawing 40
persons. and it took the prize offered
by the Baltimore & Ohio road. Davis
became the roads chief constructor of
engines.-PiItsburgh Labor Tribune
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-22
suNKEN TREASURE.

kAAo0oo Treasure 10oovorOA Iro0 ~
Troaeheroas 80.
The memory Of tho loss Of GOO, 900
of silver and gold win survive the loss
Of 1000 souls in . coup. There was
the Lutine, for instance. She was Of
thirty-two guns, commended by Cap
tain SKINNER. and she went ashore ON
the bank of Fly Island passage on the
night of October 9, 1899. At first she
was reputed to have had f60O. 900 worth
of specie on board. This was after
ward contradicted BY . statement that
1.-THE return from the bullion Office
makes the amount E140, 600 sterling"
IT." I find in contemporary account,
1.-THE wreck Of the unfortunate Lutine
should be discovered. there may b
reason to hope for the recovery at the
bullion"
In the reign Of James II. some Eng
fish adventures fitted out vessel to
search for and weigh up the cargo Of .
rich Spanish ship which had been lost
on the coast Of South America. They
succeeded and brought home f9OO, 600.
which had been forty-four years at the
bottom of the sea. Captain Phipps.
who commanded. had ECO. 900 Tor his
share. and the Duke of Albemarle ESQ.,
600. A medal was struck in honor Of
this event in 1857.
There was very costly wreck in
1853. She was Dutch East Indiaman
and foundered within three leagues of
the Texel, taking down all hands but
six and f5OO.OO0. The price of four
such armadas as that of 1858 went
down in the last century alone in the
shape of gold. silver and plate. She
was the annual register ship. as the
term then was, and had in her 500, 900
piastres and 10000 ounces of gold on
account of the King. and twice that
sum on the merchants account, max
ing her very rich ship. She founder
ed. and no man escaped to tell how and
when.
In the same year the Dutch lost the
Antoinetta. an Indiaman. and with her
sank f7OO.O sterling. besides jewels
of great value. The Royal Charter is
the most noted modern instance of the
wreck of treasure ship that can
Just now call to mind. She left Austria
liza with ESQ. 900 in her. OF this sum.
says Charles Dickens in his chapter OH
this dreadful shipwreck in "The I'm
commercial Traveller" f30O, 900 worth
were recovered ut the time of the nov
elist's visit to the spot where she
had driven ashore. 1.-THE great bulk
of the remainder" writes Dickens,
''was surely and steadily com
ing up. Some loss of sovereigns there
would be, of course; indeed. at first,
sovereigns had drifted in with the sand
and been scattered far and wide over
the beach, like sea shells. but most
other golden treasure would be found.
So tremendous had the force Of the sea
been when it broke the ship that it had
beaten one great ingot of gold deep
into a strong and heavy piece of her
solid iron work, in which also several
loose sovereigns that the ingot had
swept in before it had been found as
firmly imbedded as though the iron
had been liquid when they had been
forced there" This is a curiosity Of
disaster, but nightly suggestive of the
seas miserly trick of concealing her
plumber. London Telegraph.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-22
HOMES OF ENGLAND.


1Ao 100ooe Deousy 81 the Avoso8o w.
try Rssidsaee.
Il Il very delightful 70 ind ones self In
one Of these English country residenceA
The house IL commonly old. and has his.
tory. It 10 oftentimes itself . record, like
that old farmhouse my friend John Bel
lows wrote to mo about. which chronicied
half dozen reigns BY various architectural
marks - exactly - II it had been an en-
eial register. ''The stately homes OF En-
gland" - We sec them at Wilton ana
Longford Castle, are not more admirable
In their splendors than The blessed
homes Of England' In their modest beauty.
Every where one may see here old parsoo'
ages by the side Of ivy-mantled churches
and the comfortable mansions where gen-
erations Of country squires have lived In
peace, while their sons have gone forth -
light England's battles, and carry her 1ags
Of war and commerce all over the world
We IN America can hardly b saio to have
such Q possession as . family home. We
encamp-not under canvass. but In fab.
rlcs of wood or moro lasting materials,
which are pulled down after brief occu.
pancy BY the builders, and possibly their
children, or are modernized 20 that the
former jewellers in them would never rec
ognize their old habitationA-0lis~ WsnSsu
Ao&usa, Il AflGxtie.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-22

"A letter was received. duly .ad-
dressed to w. H Moore, music dealer,
Watertown, Ga, several days since,
with one dollar inclosed with an order
for twelve pieces Of music. As the
writer did not sign name or give adj
dress, Mr.. Moore wrote to the post
master. Thursday letter was received
from the sender in which she said:
"You must excuse me for sending an
order without signing my name. but
the fact is I was just married and al
most forgot I had any name" She or
dered: Il Love My Love-" ''Home.
Sweet Home" Lover and the Bird"
.'Grandmother's Chair" and my
Love ON the Sea-" and as the music
was promptly sent, it is expected she
win Tecevs6
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-22
LIVER COMPLAINT.
Foods That Arc to BE Avoided By Thee
Afflicted with This Trouble.

Afflicted with This Trouble
According to Murchison, . careful regu
lation of the diet will do moro for ons
who is afflicted with liver trouble thar
all medicine. The foods to be avoided arr
the fatty, the saccharine and the highly
seasoned. Corn, oats, wheat sage, rice
and potatoes consist largely Of starch,
which, in the process Of digestion, Is con
verted into sugar. In severe cases, These
and kindred substances must be given up
A. most people would find It exceedingly
dinicult long to dispense with tho use Of
wheat brcad, gluten bread may b sub
stituted for It; that 10, bread made Of
wheat from which about two-thirds Of
the starch he's been removed. The diet
should absolutely exclude clear fat and
sugar. The quantity Of the food 10 con-
alteration hardly second to the quality.
Too much food, OF whatever kind, must b
strictly guarded against
The liver II injuriously affected By alco-
holic liquors. These beverages are to b
rigidly prohibited. especially malt nquorA
port wine and champagne. One would NOT
have supposed beer to b worse tia
brandy, but 1t b much worse.
Next to regulating the diet b securing
IN abundance Of fresh air-sea air b espe
cially helpful in liver diniculties-snd Q
suficiency Of vigorous exercise. Tho 20
ton of the skin should b kept up BY fro
quently bathing the body with warm water
and soap. It il also beneficial TO drinh
half pint Of cold water, or wster with
little soda in Il. on going to bed, and while
dressing In the morning.
Liver diseases arc, however, - dimculi
and refractory that 1t b peculiarly neoes.
sary to call in the services Of Rsod physi.
clan - soon - tho complaint has declared
itself leo many persons are Inclined n
oace to begin dosing. supposins that they
are "bilious" The incautious and unWisa
use Of medicine at such . time may fastsn
. chronic disease upon one who might
have been permanently cured in . few
days, By proper treatmsnt-HsstHs Gem
rssisa
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-22

.wAn sommun5catacos nor sais paper
ehoald DO accompanied b. the nano Of the
. IN evidence Of good faith on the part 81
the writer. Write only on one ode Of the
paper. Be particularly careful in givins
0Ceo plain and distinct,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-22
THE PICNIC GUSHER.
Something About . Dear Delightful Msldsa
whom All Of Us Have Met.

Something About . Dear Delightful Mslden
whom All Of Us Have Met.
She is usually a spinster of from
thirty-five to forty years. OF course
there are more youthful gushers. but
the gushiest and most interesting gush
comes from the spinster with juvenile
manners.
Idanced attendance on one at the
first picnic of the season. which occur
red one day, recently. 1t was Sunday
school picnic. and if there is any thing
on this earth more blissful than Sun
day school picnic have not reveled in
its delights. The instant I was intro
duced to my gusher she said:
''Isn't it perfectly lovely day for
our picnice And what perfectly love-
" time we are all having! Don't you
love a picnic?'
Idon't. but l didn't say 80.
Il just think they are too perfectly
delightful for any thing! I'm 50 fond
of nature! And how joyously happy
the dear little ones are!'
Four or five of the 'joyously happy
dear little ones were having hand
to-hand fight over q swing within ten
feet Of US, but I didn't say any thing
about it, and the lover of nature said:
'Aren't you passionately fond Of the
trees and the birds and the flowers?
They make me 50 happy! Icould dwell
forever and ever-mercy on Us! What's
that horrid black thing? Only bug!
Oh. I'm 90 afraid of bugs ] know it's
awfully foolish of me, but l just can't
help it And just scream real AGsx
when I see Uorm. Papa says Tn .
silly little thing"
Papa was evidently correct. but 1 ~
Trained from saying 80. and she went
on with all the innocence and freedom
of her thirty-nine years
There are some boys fishing in the
brook. think it's horrid to hook the
dear. cunning little fishes 80. Do yon
know tried it once, and tainted dead
away when papa put the poor. limo
cent little worm ON the hook! I
couldn't help it. 1t seemed 80 dread.
fully. awfully cruel. Papa called mo
. foolish little girl. and I really sup
pose am"
A dirty-faced boy came along and
held out a bunch Of wilted dandelion
blossoms. saying briefly: WANT
emp
.'Oh. thank you ever and erer 30
much. BERTHE, dear. How kind and
thoughtful of you! And I do % love
the dear little dandelion blossoms! Do
you know. Mr.. D., that really think
that some flowers speak to us? know
it's foolish of me. but 1 can't help
thinking 50. May be it's only because
I am 20 fond of the dearlittle blossoms.
Papa laughs at me because l rave 20
about the dear, merry laughing little
brooks, the beautiful skies. all white
and azure, the tender buds and bios
SONS and the gentle little lambs. Hes
don't think it's so very. Gerry foolish
and childish in me? l often wish l.
wasn't quite so childishr'
Her friends probably wished 50. too,
but for two hours she ramblsd on. and
when at last she became ''qate weary'H
and sat down gracefully in . rhubarb
pie stole away and took the hrst train
Tor home.-Zessas Dane, IN TSd-BiIA
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-22

A curious law case. which has arisen
out of tho recent earthquake at Diano
Marine. will shortly DO decided before
an Italian court Two adjoining houses
ut Diano Msrino belonging to two diff
ferent families were destroyed by the
earthquake. and the inhabitants were
all killed. When the ruins and corpses
were removed. the sum Of 200, 900
francs in gold and bank notes was
found among the debris. As it was
impossible to ascertain to which house
the money belonged. and as no member
of either family was saved to decide
the matter, the surviving relatives have
brought their case before the judges,
whose decision is expected in Italy
with much interest-PaH Adu Go
zektc.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-22

HAPPINESS 10 where We lind IT. but rarely
vhere we seek it,. Ptt1 StnA.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-22

flush that has tinged her face deepens
as she whispers to herself the words
that follow:
NY heart tn your keeping. Since the daywe
asst met down BY the moaning sea the vision Of
your face has shown from every sky and your
name has noated to me upon every breeze.
Tue. Ann and lasting ~ tho eternal purple
peaks that hold their mighty heads heavenward
Is ny love for you. And believe thss in jour
1IeaFt Of hearts 0nD lnEks love . strong -
0ino. Give mo enc syllable q promise. Toll
- .yes' that you return my paas3sa; yes tAat
you win b my vita. II you do not, III the light
shat illumines my soul viii have faded and left
ne desolate."
Another leaf is transferred. and she
reads on to the end:
''Time 10 passing pleasantly here. am do
voting my leisure to literary work. Win pub
lish book about February.
81 may be able TO get down to call on you 1t
the holidays. OF course, I shall DO pleased to
hear from you
VERY sincerely.
',J0aH HOvIAHD"
"A cold closing" she thinks; but,
after all. there was warmth enough in
the letter. With quick steps she seeks
the security of her own room. There
she rereads the precious missive; and.
SO far from feeling resentment, takes
from its box her choicest stationery.
and writes. with many corrections and
blots, letter which, on the following
day. greatly startles . young barrister
at Wipdham.
Startles him SO much, indeed, that
he telegraphs to Stuart Claire:
Come up on noon train; strong rea-
sons"
Stuart obeys; and when the friends
have reached Howland's Office ask,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-22

want oxplaine1-about you, about my
SELF about the government Of this world,
about God, about every thing. We start
in plain path Of what we know, and in .
minute como up against high wall Of
whist We do not know. I wonder how II
looks over there. Somebody tolls mo It II
like paved city-paved with gold, and
another man tells ne 1t 10 like fount-
ain and it 10 like . tree and It
10 like . triumphal procession, and the
next man meet tells me 1t 10 all ag-
BODY 10 resurrected, what they wear and
what they eat: and have IN inmeasur-
able curiosity to know what It II and how
1t 10 and whore it 10.
Columbus risked his life to ind this
continent and shall We shudder 70 70
out on . voyage Of discovery which shall
reveal . vsster and more brilliant coun-
try1 John Franklin risked his life to ind
passage between icebergs, and shall we
dread to Mud q passage TO eternal sum-
inert Men in Switzerland travel up the
heights Of the Natterhorn with alpen-
stock, and guides, and rockets, and
ropes, and, getting half way up,
stumble and fall down In hor-
rible massacre. They just want to
say they had been on the tops Of
those high peaks. And shall we fear to
60 out for the ascent Of the eternal hills
which start thousand miles beyond
where stop the highest peaks Of tho Alps.
and when in that ascent there IL no rerila
A man doomed to die stepped ON the
scaffold and said In joy:
SNOW, in ten minutes ! win know the
great secret"
One minute after the vital functions
ceased the little child that died last night
in Montague street knew moro than iona.
than Edwards, or 1t Paul himself, before
he died.
FRIENDS, the exit from the world, or
death II you please to call IL. TO the Chris
tisn = glorious explanation. It Is dem
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-22

"uASo DSsA ssVus HAo CtSVAO00 AOI0o0oUS
and see him looking up through thu hole
in the roof Of the dungeon into tho face Of
his executsoner. and hear him say:
lam now ready to be offered, and the time Of
ny departure ID 1t hand.
Then they lift him out Of tho dungeon,
and they start with him to the place Of
execution. Theysa say:
Hurry along, old man, or you will feel
the weight Of our spears. Hurry along"
"How far 10 It" says Paul, we have to
traveli''
Three milesL"
Three miles 10 . good way for an old
man to travel after he has been whipped
and crippled with maltreatment But
they soon get to the place Of execution
Acqre Salvia-and he IL fastened TO the
pillar Of martyrdom. Itdoes not take any
strength to tic him fast. He makes no
resistance. o PAUL. why not strike for
your lifea You have great many friends
here. With that withered hand Just
launch the thunderbolt Of the people upon
those infamous soldiers. Mol Paul was
not going to Interfere with his own cor.
onation. He was too glad to 60. I see
him looking up in the face Of his execu.
TONER. and. a. the grim official draws the
sword, Paul calmly says:
am now ready to be offered, and the time Of
my departure 10 1t hand.
But put my hand over my eyes. I
want not to see that last struggle. One
sharp, keen stroke. and Paul does 60 to
the banquet sand Paul does dine with the
King.
What traDsiiion It wasl From the
malaria Of Rome to the finest climate in
the universe-the gone Of eternal beauty
and health. His ashes were put into the
catacombs Of Rome. but in one moment
the air OF Heaven bathed from his soul the
last :he From shipw. eek. from dungeon,
1ss0 tho biting pain OF the elmwood
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-05-18
The Tucson S,ar yerv tru,fl,Ilv ',

The Tucson Star very trutfully re- marks that Il matters little what may be said 10 the contrary, there were no jour-
 nals of the Fourteenth legislature, and
 if there IS any attemp, to foist what pur
 ports to belegislative journals on the peo-
 pie, t will be forgery, and every dollar
 paid out for the publication of the same
 will be inst so much money filched from
 ,he public treasury of Arizona without
 a warrant of law It add that there is
 positive evidence extant to establish that no journals were kept, and l, is in,i- mated that Dick Rule, the chief clerk of the lower house, was promised several places by the governor if he would hold his peace, and nol give the business away, and the first plum he has received to wit, the clerk in the territorial prison. Some of the other places promised Dick has not been received, il appears that he governor was not able to deliver the goods. No amount of doctoring of the
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-05-18

Salt river water has an overpowering
 influence on the average editor of that
 valley. 4 short time ago its effec. or l cClintock, of the Tempe News, was
 noticeable by snake story which ap-
 peared in that paper. in which mount
 ain was found full ot snake croppings. On its being prospected, a regular ledge
 of wriggling, poison-fanged rattlesnakes. was developed It would seem that
 Morford, of the Herald, has been par taking too freely now of saline f1nid, but
 instead of snakes or any other groveling
 things of earth attracting him, he scars
 aloft and finds that "the nigh, sky which
 bends its star-bespangled dome over
 beautiful Phenix IS indescribable m its loveliness, to him who, unlike the beasts of the field, holds his head alof and studies the beauties which nature pre- sents to her most favored children. The stars in our skies are not twinkling sparks, but glowing orbs flashing with a thousand brilliant hues. A star which Is soc, ,eoo, ,ooo miles from the earth is brought within 100, 900, 900 miles of us, and IS correspondingly larger and more brilliant As proof Of this, take the constellation of the Pleiades, commonly known as the Seven Stars In other parts of the world 1t IS considered ,es, of superior eyesisht, if the observer can count seven stars in the constellation, as most persons are only able to see six Here, the most ordinary observer can count eight stars, and those of superior eyesisht can C unt nine and even ten Iii not the bright, clear air, Brother Morford, that enables man to count ten stars in a constellation where there are only seven, but il is in the quality of the water he drinks. l. is the same thing which sometimes causes man to get pockeiful of assorted keyholes before he starts for home at a m.